Particle-Vortex Duality of Hydrodynamics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2026-08-03 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Equipped with the recently recognized symmetry structure of mixed states of matter and "strong-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking" (SW-SSB), we develop a quantum particle-vortex duality of emergent model-F and model-A hydrodynamics of 2d boson/rotor systems. This duality relation demonstrates that classical hydrodynamics of 2d bosons can be described in terms of the charge symmetry , but also equivalently in terms of the dual (emergent) 1-form symmetry , as well as associated with the conservation of vortices. This duality provides a bridge between the hydrodynamics of matter and magnetohydrodynamics.
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@article{arxiv.2608.02732,
title = {Particle-Vortex Duality of Hydrodynamics},
author = {Cenke Xu and Matthew P. A. Fisher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.02732},
year = {2026}
}
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